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- Bead Landing™ Charms – Cross
- Bead Landing™ Chain – Silver
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- Bead Gallery® Beads, 6mm – Crackle
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Peace Sign
Add feather to peace pendant with needle nose pliers.
Thread three orange beads onto head pin and attach with loop to peace pendant.
Thread pendant onto silk cording.
Chain of Crosses
Cut desired length of chain, then add lobster closure to one end and jump ring to other end.
Use needle nose pliers to attach crosses to chain as desired.
Add charms to silk thread as desired, and tie a knot to hold in place.
Thread assorted beads on head pins and with loop attach to charms.
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In some ways, Jeep overbuilt their axles in the early years. Yes, there were some weak links here and there in the MBs, but the front- and rear-model 23 axles were over-engineered considering the 60hp engine used then. Improvements with the first civilian Jeep in '46 included a stronger Dana 25 up front and the short-used Dana 41 in the rear. With 1949 came the ubiquitous Dana 44, and things stayed that way until 1975 when there was a switch to the AMC axle and then back to Dana around 1987.
There was a big and much-needed change in the 44 used by Jeep in 1970. This was the introduction of the flanged one-piece axle that replaced the tapered-shaft and keyway two-piece axle/hub design of the Model A Ford era. Actually, this early design worked just fine (with the tires and wheels of that time period, that is). But with the advent of wider tires and wheels, the load increase caused tapers to loosen up and keyways to crack. Once this happened, the hub would just spin on the shaft and sometimes even the axle would break just at the end of the taper. Say goodbye to the hub, wheel, and brakes.
However, a lot of people, including myself, used these axles hard and with some fairly large tires for the time period. In fact, I used them on my first true race vehicle with some 34-inch tall tires. The big secret, as I remember it, was to make sure the nut was always kept tight at the recommended 175 lb-ft of torque. OK, I never owned a torque wrench with that kind of capability, so that resulted in putting my weight on a 1 1/2-foot breaker bar with a pipe on the end of the handle. I broke a few breaker bars this way, as well as earning a few skinned knees.
Ford pickups and some Mercury cars in the '50s used a flanged axle version of the Dana 44, but, naturally, it was wider. The wide-track thing wasn't as popular then as it is now, so in order to use them, narrowing was necessary. It was hard to find a shop that could re-spline an axle in the '60s. So, believe it or not, we would actually cut the shaft, take a piece out to get the desired length and weld the splined end back on! It was a real sophisticated process we used. A section of axleshaft would get cut out on a band saw, then we would chuck the axle ends up in a lathe and bore a 1/4-inch hole about 1 inch or so in the ends. A round piece of rod inserted in the holes brought the ends together more or less centered, and we would then weld the two shaft pieces together. By all means, they should not have held and some didn't.
We would then cut the axletubes down to the proper width using the axleshaft as an aligning bar when the tubes were re-welded. Most of the time, the tubes just got butt-welded together--sometimes a sleeve was used. Crude, but it seemed to work. But remember, we weren't working with 36-inch tall tires back then. THE DANA 60sIn the '70s I came across a Ford heavy-duty 1/2-ton rearend that was actually a Dana 60 with a 5-on-5.5 bolt pattern. These axles had the good Spicer Power Locks in them. OK, it didn't have the high-pinion that present-day long-travel suspension requires, but the larger ring-and-pinion was a great asset. By now I had found a machine shop with the capability of cutting axle splines. No more welded axleshafts for me. But again, I used the axleshaft as an alignment bar. It just so happens that most of the early Dana 60 full-floating rearends also use the same spline count and diameter shafts as the Jeeps and Scouts. Many years later, I built several Dana 60 rearends using Jeep or Scout flanged axleshafts and housing ends. By then I had a full-length, 1-inch-diameter alignment bar with corresponding end blocks to hold things more or less straight before welding the housings together. The early '70s saw a few other heavy-duty 1/2-tons, such as the one from International Harvester with the same rearends. Some Dodge performance vehicles and 440-powered Ram Chargers also used this rearend. Cutting one side down and having the axle re-splined gave you a pretty decent rearend.


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Costa Rica has the best surfing destinations in the world.
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Now that Christmas winds are chilling the city, the best thing to do is go after the sun, sand and strong waves to enjoy your vacations in the best beaches for surfing.Costa Rica is lucky to have the best surfing destinations in the world, so the Hotel Parque del Lago, your entrance and exit doorway to the country, invites you to visit the five beaches qualified as the best for surfing.Parque del Lago is one of the hotels you must include in your summer plans, since it has a perfect location, large parking lot and an infrastructure filled with Costa Rican culture that will make you enjoy the most amazing and unforgettable vacations.The best wavesIf you would like to visit a beach where you can practice great surfing close to the capital, go to Playa Hermosa, in the province of Puntarenas. This place will charm you with the best waves, which even reach 13 feet.Don't worry of you don't have the necessary equipment because here you can rent all the instruments at very affordable prices.Playa Hermosa is perfect to spend the day resting under a palm tree with a good book or you can take tours to nearby places, where you can truly appreciate the natural beauties of the zone.Also located in the Pacific but towards the south, about 375 km from San Jose and with an extension of 1.5 km, Playa Pavones will meet all your expectations, since it's the #1 in having the longest waves in the world.There's nothing like surfing under the magnificent sun of the North Pacific, so the Hotel Parque del Lago recommends you visit Playa Grande, surrounded by large waves that allow navigation, but that aren't dangerous for swimming or bathing.Don't just sit with your arms crossed after you're done surfing, because in this area you can find the largest marine reptiles, the leatherback turtles (largest sea turtles), and you can observe them with your friends.If you want to visit a very popular beach, Playa Negra is the ideal place, covered by dark sands produced by the rocky formations that make this beach perfect for beginner or expert surfers.You can also enjoy the unique environment of the zone, where there are many restaurants and handcraft sales for everyone's taste.The Caribbean also has awesome waves; Puerto Viejo is known for having the longest wave in Costa Rica: Salsa Brava. This place is visited by expert surfers known worldwide that are looking for a unique ambience and sharing with the Afro-Caribbean culture.Puerto Viejo also has beaches where you can swim peacefully, in areas with very low and soft waves. Here you can relax at a restaurant or bar a few steps away from the ocean.Hotel Parque del Lago wants you to spend an unforgettable summer with your board and the waves, hoping this guide will help you throughout the best surfing spots of the country. If you don't practice surfing, you can appreciate the natural beauties that surround the beaches. Parque del Lago wishes you the best vacations and happy holidays!


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The Patriots are a ragtag team of homeschoolers who can't play for public schools
Homeschoolers like QB Stevie Douglas worry colleges won't take them seriously
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- On a rainy Friday afternoon in October, junior quarterback Stevie Douglas emerged from a well-traveled minivan that had begun its journey in Clinton, La. Teammates Ronald Brown, Rennel Hammond, Mike-el Arvie and Jeremy Arvie emerged from a white van bearing the logo of the New Life Tabernacle Church in Opelousas, La. From other vehicles came more players -- 21 in all -- and they toted their duffel bags into one of the leftover FEMA trailers that served as locker rooms for a tiny football stadium in the shadow of a graveyard.
Once inside, several players dipped into their bags and pulled out their helmets. Then they dipped back into their bags and pulled out screwdrivers to repair their helmets. The team doesn't have an equipment manager for the same reason they didn't come to Hattiesburg in a school bus. To use a school bus, the Patriots would have to play for a brick-and-mortar school.
The vast majority of the players are on this team homeschooled. Their official name is the Christian Home Educators Fellowship Patriots, but for their game against Hattiesburg's Alpha Christian Academy, the public address announcer simply called them the Baton Rouge Patriots. It seemed easier than explaining what the Patriots are: a ragtag team assembled from a 60-mile radius around Baton Rouge that pays for its own equipment, uniforms, transportation and officials and rarely practices on Wednesdays to avoid interfering with church services.
While the Patriots love their team and the opportunity to play, many would prefer to play for public school teams. All know the story of former Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, a homeschooler who broke state passing records at Nease High, a public school in Ponta Vedra Beach, Fla. Tebow's tale is especially poignant for quarterback Douglas, a 6-foot-4, 200-pounder with a bazooka hanging from his right shoulder. Douglas, who will enter college in 2011, has caught the eye of college coaches at camps, but he and his family worry no coach will take him seriously because of the level of competition he faces playing small Christian schools and other homeschool teams.
"They're curious about this unusual creature called the homeschooled football player," said Steve Douglas, Stevie's father and the coach of the Patriots. "They aren't sure what to think."
Stevie's recruiting star rose in March when he won the most valuable player award at a National Underclassmen Combine event at Scotlandville High in Baton Rouge. During the camp, Douglas competed against known prospects from public and private schools across Louisiana. Rivals.com published a story about him, and attention from colleges followed. His mailbox filled with letters from a wide range of schools that included UCLA, Memphis and William & Mary.
Last weekend, Stevie attended the U.S. Army All-American Combine, which brought together the best prospects from the class of 2011. With limited reps, Douglas threw well, and he ran his fastest shuttle time. The showing should result in more mail from colleges. Douglas said he regularly receives mail from Arkansas, Georgia, LSU, Notre Dame and Tennessee, among others. Dozens of schools, meanwhile, have received mail from Douglas. He sent packages containing a highlight video and a letter explaining that he plays for a homeschool team. The gist of the letter: It's like Tim Tebow, but different. But since coaches aren't allowed to call juniors, Douglas will have to wait until the summer camp circuit to find out what most thought.
"I sent film to pretty much everybody, so they have a highlight tape," Douglas said. "They know I'm homeschooled, and they know I have a halfway decent highlight film."
Douglas has received enough attention that his name is one of the first that appears when one types "homeschool" and "football" into Google. That is precisely how a crew for the company that produces MTV's True Life documentaries found Douglas, and for the past few months, that crew filmed Douglas for the I Am Homeschooled episode that debuted last weekend.
Even the colleges that didn't have his address managed to find Douglas. One day, the elder Douglas took a call from Clinton High, the public school Stevie would attend if he weren't homeschooled. The voice on the line said the school had received some mail for Stevie. "Where is it from?" asked Steve, who works for a pharmaceutical company. "Notre Dame," the voice said. "OK," Steve replied. "We'll come pick that up."
The Douglases wanted Stevie to play at Clinton High. The Louisiana High School Athletic Association has a bylaw that allows homeschoolers to play in their assigned public school, but only if the principal and the school district consent. Stevie has played for the Patriots since Steve founded them five years ago. But this year, the Douglases asked if Stevie could play for Clinton. On July 17, they received a letter from East Feliciana Parish Superintendent Douglas Beauchamp Jr. denying their request. In his letter, Beauchamp cited a since-dead bill in the Louisiana legislature that essentially was redundant to the LHSAA rule already on the books. But Beauchamp did offer one potential solution.
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I read alot of marvel and valiant, but I haven't read any star wars. What would be a good jumping on point for Star Wars comics. I know this is probably already thread somewhere, If so I have no problem with it being merged and sorry.
I read alot of marvel and valiant, but I haven't read any star wars. What would be a good jumping on point for Star Wars comics. I know this is probably already thread somewhere, If so I have no problem with it being merged and sorry.
Really digging the Dawn of the Jedi series. If you want to go all the way to the beginning to find out why it is what it is.
Just noticed it looks like Star Wars is going to have an ongoing starting in January with Luke, Leia, Han and the rest of the original cast.
The best one right now is Agent of the Empire, but there is a new Star Wars ongoing set after Episode IV coming in January by Brian Wood(X-men, DMZ, Ultimate X-men, Northlanders) so we'll see when it comes out.
My favorites would be Star wars republic(collected in/being collected in omnibus format) , which is the now non-canon story of the clone wars and Star wars Legacy, a series set 130 years after the movies.
You can always experience what many considered to be the Episodes VII VIII and IX until the recent announcement : The Heir to the Empire trilogy, originally published in prose format and some great comic adaptations from Dark Horse available in TPB.
There's also the next step, the Dark Empire trilogy, a completely original comic set a few years after Heir to the Empire, pretty great stuff also available in TPB.
If you want to follow current single issues, I'll also throw in Agent of the Empire; its the best thing to happen to Star Wars comics in a while. And Brian Wood's upcoming series looks very interesting as well.
I personally tend to steer clear of the centuries removed eras, but they have their fair share of fans.
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I just read Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm from a buddy of mine. pretty good stuff so far, It looks like I may try to tackle Knights of the Old Republic. Looking at all the different series out there it seems like Star Wars comics arent nearly as plaqued by annoying continuity issues like that of most marvel comics. As in, I can just pick up any story arc, enjoy and not be overly confused about back story that may have happened 3
There are so many different SW things to read that DH has made.
There are era's focusing on the distant past (KOTOR, Dawn of the Jedi)
The future, after the OT films (Heir to the Empire trilogy, Legacy)
focusing on villians (Darth Vader, Jabba the Hutt, Boba Fett, Darth Maul)
there's a little something for everyone!!!
Comics still reading: Floppies- Saga TPB- GI Joe ARAH, Sixth Gun, Hawkeye, Usagi Yojimbo. DC nu52 is unreadable...
I would suggest checking out the Rogue Squadron series from the 90s. It's a fun series that follows the further adventures of Wedge Antilles and the X-wing "Rogue" squadron, and also deals with what happens to the Empire after ROTJ. It also ties in with novels that are set a few years later. Some stories are better than others; the "In The Empire's Service/Making of Baron Fel" saga was perhaps the best in the series, and also has an impact on later novels and comics.
Also worth checking out is Tales of the Jedi, a group of miniseries which take place thousands of years before the films. Basically, they deal with the ancient Jedi/Sith battles, provide some background context to a lot of the stuff in "Dark Empire" and the Jedi Academy novels, lay the foundation that "Knights of the Old Republic" would build on in both it's comic and game forms.
I'm looking for comics available on dark horses digital app, or collected in trade that deal with in cannon clone wars stuff......not really the kiddy cartoon stuff, unless you tell me it's really good
Or something from in between movies 3 and 4
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Wouldn't get too excited about any DH Wars comics now that it's been confirmed they're losing the license.


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SED The Next Big TV Technology
By David Richards | Sunday | 04/06/2006
SED, a technology developed by Canon and Toshiba is set to be the next big thing after Plasma and LCD. Developed jointly by Canon and Toshiba, SED stands for Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display. It is cheaper to produce than Plasma or LCD and delivers better picture quality.
SED technology works much like a traditional CRT except instead of one large electron gun firing at all the screen phosphors that light up to create the image you see, SED has thousands of tiny electron guns known as "emitters" for each phosphor sub-pixel. A sub-pixel is just one of the three colours (red, green, blue) that make up a pixel. So it takes three emitters to create one pixel on the screen and over 6 million SED emitters to produce a true high definition (HDTV) image. One prototype has even attained a contrast ratio of 100,000:1. Its brightness of 400cd/m2 is a tad on the low side for an LCD TV and nowhere close to a plasma screen output.
Canon first started development on this imaging technique back in the mid 1980s and joined up with Toshiba for the project in 1999. Both formed a dedicated company for the technology called SED Inc. in 2004.
Neither of these companies is a notable player in the flat screen arena, but they are looking to make a big splash with SED TV. Test production runs are already underway with limited product availability expected by late 2006 in the US and Japanese markets. At present, it looks as if Toshiba will start manufacturing HDTV panels in earnest in 2007 barring any production problems. Entry level models are set to be 50" inches with top end models set to go to 100" inches. The technology is cheaper to produce than LCD or Plasma with some analysts saying that 55" SED screens will eventually sell for $1,000 or less.
Research shows that SED TVs will last a long time. Tests reveal that that the electron emitters have been shown to only drop 10% after 60,000 hours, simulated by an "accelerated" test. This means that it is likely the unit will keep working as long as the phosphors continue to emit light.
SED TV Compared to CRT
SED is flat. A traditional CRT has one electron gun that scans side to side and from top to bottom by being deflected by an electromagnet or "yoke". This has meant that the gun has had to be set back far enough to target the complete screen area and, well, it starts to get ridiculously large and heavy around 36". CRTs are typically as wide as they are deep. They need to be built like this or else the screen would need to be curved too severely for viewing. Not so with SED, where you supposedly get all the advantages of a CRT display but need only a few inches of thickness to do it in. Screen size can be made as large as the manufacturer dares. Also, CRTs can have image challenges around the far edges of the picture tube, which is a non-issue for SED.
SED TV Compared to Plasma TV
Compared to plasma the future looks black indeed. As in someone wearing a black suit and you actually being able to tell it's a black suit with all those tricky, close to black, gray levels actually showing up. This has been a major source of distraction for most display technologies other than CRT.
Watching the all-pervasive low-key (dark) lighting in movies, it can be hard to tell what you're actually looking at without the shadow detail being viewable. Think Blade Runner or Alien. SED's black detail should be better, as plasma cells must be left partially on in order to reduce latency. This means they are actually dark gray - not black. Plasma has been getting better in this regard but still has a way to go to match a CRT. Hopefully, SED will solve this and it's likely to. Also, SED is expected to use only half the power that plasma does at a given screen size although this will vary depending on screen content. SED TV Compared to LCD
LCDs have had a couple of challenges in creating great pictures but they are getting better. Firstly, latency has been a problem with television pictures with an actual 16ms speed needed in order to keep up with a 60Hz screen update. That needs to happen all the way through the greyscale, not just where the manufacturers decide to test. Also, due to LCD's highly directional light, it has a limited angle of view and tends to become too dim to view off axis, which can limit seating arrangements. This will not be an issue for SED's self illuminated phosphors. However, LCD does have the advantage of not being susceptible to burn-in which any device using phosphors will, including SED. SED is likely to use about two-thirds the power of a similarly sized LCD. Finally, LCD generally suffers from the same black level issues and solarisation, otherwise known as false contouring, that plasma does. SED does not.
SED TV Compared to RPTV
SED is flat and RPTVs aren't. RPTV also has limitations as to where it can be viewed from, particularly being vertically challenged with regard to viewing angles. A particular RPTV's image quality is driven by its imaging technology such as DLP, LCoS, 3LCD or, more rarely recently, CRT. With the exception of CRT, these units need to have their lamps changed at various times but usually at around 6,000 hours, costing an average of $500.
The cost of flat panels is largely dependent on production yields of saleable product. Nobody really knows for sure what this will be until real production starts, but new technology is always expensive in early production. If it works, the use of inkjet technology to make SED displays rather than the more expensive photolithography process used in LCD panels should help cost management. The first product release will be a 55" version at full HD resolution (1920x1080) priced comparably to today's plasma display panel (PDP) of similar size. That could be a big dollar difference by early 2007, as the price of plasma displays is expected to continue to drop. Conclusion
New technology usually has its fits and starts, but on paper SED should be a strong contender. We will give you updates as the technology gets closer to market and we get a chance to see the first units at the next technology conference. For now, all that can be SED has been said.
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Karen Ellis, RN, Director of Emergency Services, says proudly of her team, "The thing that comes to mind is how much of an impact our new process has made to quick turnaround times, including arrival to room placement and initial contact time with an ER doctor. It is the improvement in patient and staff satisfaction that rings out loudly every day."
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ATLANTIC CITY (AP) — The U.S. Congress is too badly divided to act on Internet gambling, so individual states will start approving it on their own within the next two years, panelists at a major casino conference predicted Thursday.
Speaking at the East Coast Gaming Congress, casino and political leaders predicted online gambling will become a reality on a state-by-state basis. New Jersey hopes to become the "Silicon Valley of Internet gambling," and its legislature is working on a bill to legalize it.
"Those who think the U.S. government will pass a law, a federal Internet gambling law, that's naive," said Richard Bronson, chairman of US Digital Gaming. "In a Congress that can't agree on what day it is, the thought that they're going to agree to put casino gambling in every living room in America is ridiculous."
He and others at the conference predicted that individual states will pass their own online gambling laws, approving it in much the same way that state lotteries have since they spread to 43 states in the absence of a single national lottery.
"Within the next year, one or two states will do it," Bronson said.
New Jersey hopes to be one of them. Its legislature passed a bill last year that would have made it the first state in America to approve in-state online gambling, but Gov. Chris Christie vetoed it, voicing concerns about its constitutionality and the possible proliferation of illegal computer betting parlors.
Lawmakers are moving toward passing another bill by the end of next month with changes they hope will mollify Christie's concerns.
"We lost a whole year and hundreds of millions of dollars that could have been coming in to our casinos in Atlantic City," said state Sen. Raymond Lesniak.
Bronson said there is a huge potential market for online gambling in the U.S.
"Forty million people visited Las Vegas last year; 40 million people visit Facebook every five days," he said. "Why wouldn't our industry want to take advantage of the bright opportunities facing the casino industry?"
Eugene Johnson, a senior associate with Spectrum Gaming Group, an Atlantic City-area casino consulting firm, said his company has been approached by numerous firms wanting help to position themselves for the eventual legalization of online gambling.
"I can attest to the Internet frenzy," he said. "We've been involved with European operators, U.S. commercial gaming companies, Native American tribes, and state lotteries. It's definitely a matter of when and not if. "
Eamonn Toland, president of the European online betting firm Paddy Power North America, said his company wants in on Internet gambling in America.


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Cellar/Tasting Notes Alain Graillot founded his domaine in Crozes-Hermitage in 1985, and rapidly became one of the most in-demand producers in the Northern Rhone for his exuberant, robust, and complete Syrah-based wines.
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Cellar/Tasting Notes "... One of the sleeper cuvees of the entire cellar, ground pepper intermixed with tapenade, creme de cassis, and smoky barbecue notes are followed by a wine with great fruit, good acidity, and striking minerality. It should drink well for a decade or more."
Cellar/Tasting Notes Grape Varieties: Viognier, Roussanne Bouquet: The original blend of these two noble grape varieties from the Rhone Valley endows the wine with exceptional freshness and balance.
Cellar/Tasting Notes "A prodigious Cornas possessing all the pepper, smoked game, blackberry, cassis, burning ember and scorched earth characteristics one could desire. This rich, full-bodied 2009 should be a singular Cornas to drink over the next 15+ years."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Full red. High-pitched, mineral-accented black raspberry and spice aromas are complicated by notes of dried violet and mocha. Very fresh and focused, offering zesty red and dark berry and cherry flavors and showing no rough edges. Offers excellent clarity and finishes with refreshing, stony cut..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Inky purple. Vibrant aromas of blackberry liqueur, woodsmoke and bitter chocolate, along with a seductive floral topnote. Dense, lush and sweet, with a seamless texture and very good focus. Aeration brings out a bright mineral element that carries through a very long, floral-accented finish with a..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "A strong effort, the 2009 Cote Rotie Seigneur de Maugiron is the softest of all Delas's 2009 Northern Rhones, offering up notes of black olives, lychee nuts, raspberries and black currants. This finesse-styled, elegant red should provide delicious drinking over the next 10-15 years."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "The 2010 Hermitage is clearly the biggest, richest and most ageworthy wine of this trio. It boasts a dense purple color along with notes of creme de cassis, smoked herbs, licorice and graphite. Full-bodied with outstanding depth, purity, power and overall equilibrium as well as beautifully pure..
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Unexpected Ofrenda
Last year I made what I ended up calling our "First and last ofrenda." … Eager to start a new tradition on a holiday as beautiful as Día de los Muertos, I made an altar for Carlos's father without realizing that Carlos grew up in a country, (El Salvador), that, for the most part, doesn't take part in the type of Day of the Dead festivities you usually think of when you think about November 2nd.
In El Salvador, Carlos explained, Day of the Dead, or "Día de los Difuntos" as I hear his family call it, is a somber day to go to the cemetery, clean the graves of loved ones, decorate the graves with flowers, have names repainted on the tombstone, and maybe stick around for a quiet picnic. Unlike Mexico, or neighboring Guatemala, El Salvador doesn't really celebrate Day of the Dead with fun parties.
Being that Carlos wasn't comfortable having an altar for his father, I thought this was one tradition that just wasn't meant to be for our family, but my boys had other ideas.
"Aren't you going to make an ofrenda this year? I liked that tradition," my older son asked.
"I liked it too but it made Daddy unhappy to have an altar for his father so we shouldn't make one this year."
"But we can make a different one. I'd like to have one for Ginger," he said, referring to the family dog we put down over the summer.
"Can you have an ofrenda for a dog?" he asked, "Cause they have spirits, too."
I agreed, and so that is why I made an ofrenda for Ginger this evening, instead of working on various other things I was supposed to be doing.
Ginger liked to chase rabbits that would slip under the fence right before she caught them – though I would bet money that had she ever caught one, she wouldn't have known what to do with it – I think she just wanted to play. She was a tall German Shepherd mix who played gentle with all creatures smaller than herself – from other dogs, to cats, and even babies.
We adopted her from the Humane Society and it seemed like she always remembered that and thanked us for it. She didn't know any fancy tricks – just the basics – but she was bilingual – responding to commands in both English and Spanish. We jokingly called her "Jengibre" since "Ginger" is the name she came with and I wanted to give her a Spanish name. Suegra found it disturbing that the dog's name tag said "Ginger López" – she had never met a dog with a last name before.
Ginger loved to be wherever I was. Even if she was comfortable laying on the other side of the room, all I had to do was make eye contact and she'd get up to come closer to me. She refused to catch a frisbee or play fetch but she loved to play chase, especially if you had a pocketful of breakfast cereal. Her only sin was climbing up on the sofa when no one was home, but she had enough respect to climb down when she heard the keys in the door.
We miss Ginger. She was described by family and neighbors as "a sweetheart." We hope she's chasing rabbits in a better place.
Posted on November 1, 2011, in celebration, Corazón, Culture, holiday, Salvadoreños and tagged altars, day of the dead, día de los difuntos, día de los muertos, dog, Mexican, ofrendas, pet, tradition. Bookmark the permalink. 10 Comments.
What a sweet experience, Tracy! I didn't know that about El Salvador, and while we never celebrated El Día de los Muertos in the true Mexican sense of the word, I too think it's a beautiful tradition. One I hope to one day adopt much more respectably. Un abrazo a tu familia :-)
Pretty sure your post brought a tear to my eye. How adorable that your son wanted to continue the tradition, and what a sweet way to remember your dog. What does Carlos think of the "Dog ofrenda?" I know I would get quite the eye roll from my husband on that one, but that's the beauty of blending two cultures! The latino "ofrenda" and the American love for our pets! Works for me!
I'm pretty sure Ginger came back last night and had so much fun with the altar you made him :) I've seen several altares to animals at Día de los Muertos events!! Including one made to the animals that were first sent to space: Laika the dog, and Baker the monkey. It broke my heart :( On another note, German Shepherds are soo kind and sweet! We have one, Frida, she's 4 years old and we brought her from México. I hope she stays with us for many many years, but when she goes I'm also making a little altar for her!
Beautiful story…..sorry for your loss
I love ur ofrenda!
Awww que linda! Even though it is belated, I am sorry for your family's loss.. Blessed are those that adopt shelter animals. :) Of course the suegra comment made me LOL.
I think it's great that you're trying to teach you're children about their Salvadoran culture, even though it can be hard at times to find information on it. But I just wanted to say that even though in El Salvador we don't celebrate as they do in México we do have some special traditions. Such as making ayote en miel or lighting candles for ones loved ones who have passed away among others. Oh! There is also a celebration called La Calabuiza you should research it's quiet interesting. Salú


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2013-07-26: SIGINT13 video release
The SIGINT13 videos are now available via web.
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2012-07-23: SIGINT12 video release
The SIGINT12 videos are now available via web.
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2012-01-04: 28C3 webm release
With special thanks to the FEM team, the 28c3 videos are now mirrored and available in our web interface.
There is no streamable mp4 yet, so your browser needs to support html5.
Have a flash-free new year!
2011-10-29: Froscon11 release and CCCamp11 re-encodes
We finished re-encoding the cccamp2011 mp4 and webm files. Better quality ogg videos are still in the queue. As you can see here a few recordings (4423, 4446, 4461, 4551, 4553) are still missing completely – we hope to scrape these from the analogous tapes some day soon.
The Froscon 2011 open source conference videos are now online: web frontend
2011-09-22: SIGINT10 final release (3/3)
We finished encoding most of the missing SIGINT10 videos. Sadly, we had some technical difficulties during the actual recording. Due to these problems, the audio quality is really bad in some of the 20 new videos. Since the problem is present in the raw files, we will not be able to fix it. But better to release something than to leave these poor video kittens to die.
2011-08-15 Camp 2011 Videos
Thanks to the video crew a huge number of Chaos Communication Camp 2011 recordings are already online.
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2011-07-21 Camp 2011 Trailer
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2011-01-03 Audio problems with 27c3 videos
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This is a pretty large and very talented wide receiver corps. Ahmad Fulwood (Jacksonville, Fla./Bishop Kenny) is 6-foot-4 and can make plays down the field. So can Tony Stevens (Orlando, Fla./Evans), who may be the top deep threat from the south. Demarcus Robinson (Fort Valley, Ga./Peach County) is underrated while there are teams like Ohio State and Louisville waiting on a decision from James Quick (Louisville, Ky./Trinity). Marquez North (Charlotte, N.C./Mallard Creek), Shelton Gibson (Cleveland, Ohio/Cleveland Heights) and Tyler Boyd (Clairton, Pa.) are all big time recruits that have yet to make their commitments.
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Kim is just a rich selfish very disrespectful Person all she has ever done is think of herself as this perfect person with a perfect body. But the outside appearance is not what is important. She is so ugly inside. This shines through her outward appearance. I think is awful she gets mad about freedom of speech being used she voices her opinion about everything so should everyone else she just doesn't like the truth being said. In the Bible it says to be meek kind long suffering humble ect. This is something she needs too work on. Especially after her being married and divorced twice and now has a baby and isn't married. There is a old saying why buy the cow if the milk is free. She should look at herself before judging and bashing other people. And not letting her mouth over load her brain.
I am not a fan of the Kardashians nor do I watch them but then again I do not watch Katie Couric. I think she is one of the worst interviewers on TV and she is just so full of herself. When she gives an inept interview, she calls it letting the world see what is wrong with the person and of course she knew it all along.
I just THINK all of u should not be on tv what the hell do u do? 1 man after another and u film it and get money then act like ur shit don't stink and get pissed at camera crew that film ur stupid ass! Get over ur self Kim stay on tv and shut up or get off and no one will talk about ur dumbass.


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"If only I could have done it," Charles Ives once said. "It's all there—the mountains and the fields." The composer was speaking of his dream project, the "Universe Symphony," which was to have depicted nothing less than the formation, the evolution, and the future of the world, from the rocks below to the heavens above. Ives's sketches are fragmentary, but they suggest an immensely complex structure in which rhythms, tempos, harmonies, timbres, and tuning systems are superimposed in a cosmic blur. (Two realizations, by Larry Austin and by Johnny Reinhard, give an enticing idea of what might have been.) Ives imagined presenting the work outdoors, with multiple orchestras and choruses positioned on mountaintops and in valleys. The ideal performance might consist of a population playing and singing for itself. Ives never liked concert halls, and in the "Universe" he releases music back into the wild.
I thought of Ives several times on June 21st, when New York joined more than three hundred cities—including Montevideo, Djibouti, Kabul, Hanoi, and Sydney—in celebrating Make Music, a global sonic bacchanal that takes place each year on the summer solstice. The ritual began in France, in 1982, when Maurice Fleuret, a critic turned bureaucrat, proposed that Paris hold a Fête de la Musique, favoring amateur musicians over professionals. The Fête has become an institution, with pop acts filling the Champs-Élysées and classical outfits joining in. (This year's edition culminated with Pierre Boulez conducting Stravinsky beneath the pyramid at the Louvre.) The New York version, which started two years ago, is somewhat scrappier, although the sum of activity was impressive—more than eight hundred events across five boroughs. There is something subversive, almost Situationist, in seeing two punk girls shouting abrasive lyrics in front of a Village storefront, or in finding a clutch of French-horn players tooting Wagner in Central Park. Such musical disruptions invite urban dwellers to abandon their tight routines and let the rhythms of the city take over.
I began the day at 10:30 A.M., in front of Ollie's, a Chinese restaurant near Lincoln Center. Teen-aged students from the Kaufman Center, on West Sixty-seventh Street, were performing Terry Riley's pulse-driven masterpiece "In C," with a small audience gathered on the sidewalk outside. An electric guitarist supplied a funky tinge, and a violinist added authentically minimalist vocalise. Then I went to Union Square, where a group calling itself the New York Megaphonica chanted self-referential slogans through megaphones. ("People come together to make noise, to make noise.") By 1 P.M., I was at the East Meadow, in Central Park, for a rendition of Aaron Siegel's new piece "Science Is Only a Sometimes Friend," for an orchestra of glockenspiels. A core ensemble played the score, and toy glockenspiels were distributed to the crowd, which had its own instructions: Siegel's associates held up cue cards to indicate when we should move from one note to another. Several small children chose to depart from the score and improvise freely, their cadenzas giving a jazzy flavor to the hazy, hypnotic clouds of chiming tones.
After checking out John Morton's "Central Park Sound Tunnel"—a rumbling electronic installation in a passageway near the zoo—and ambling west, I took the No. 1 train to Straus Park, at 106th Street, to see the first few numbers of a hard-driving set by the percussion duo Loop 2.4.3. Then downtown again, to the West Village, where the Yamaha company had parked four pianos in the middle of Cornelia Street, and members of Composers Collaborative, led by Jed Distler, were performing "Canto Ostinato," by the Dutch minimalist Simeon ten Holt. A light rain had begun to fall; the pianos were protected by tents. I took a sidewalk table at the Cornelia Street Café, ordered a burger, and had the pleasant feeling of entering into a whimsical art movie: the decorous, wistful repetitions of ten Holt's music lent an air of mystery to the dripping of water from the awning, the gliding whoosh of bicyclists in orange rain gear, and the waitress's commentary on the menu. It was in the spirit of the day to be charmed rather than annoyed by the accidental music of the city: the beeping of a bus's wheelchair lift during "In C"; the syncopated barking of a dog energized by the drumming of Loop 2.4.3.
Various Make Music events—the pianos, the glockenspiels, the megaphones, and a gathering of bagpipes on Staten Island, which, regrettably, I missed—articulated a running theme called Mass Appeal: convocations of many instruments of the same type. We were building to the grand finale, New York's answer to Boulez beneath the pyramid: a presentation of Henry Brant's "Orbits," for eighty trombones, organ, and soprano, in the great spiralling rotunda of the Guggenheim Museum. Brant, who died last year, at the age of ninety-four, was one of those cussedly brilliant outsider composers who are never recognized as widely as they should be and seem to prefer it that way. He specialized in summoning flocks of instruments and dispatching them into the cityscape: in Amsterdam, in 1984, he filled four barges with flute players and had them converse musically with church carillons. He was also an orchestrator of genius who made a compelling symphony out of Ives's "Concord Sonata." He talked of completing the "Universe," but never did.
Some of Brant's works meander, but "Orbits" is a tautly structured score that strikes deeper than its gimmicky-seeming concept suggests. The language owes much to Ives in his ultra-dissonant, prophet-on-the-mountaintop mode, with debts also to the otherworldly cluster harmonies of Henry Cowell, Iannis Xenakis, and György Ligeti. In one thrilling passage, the trombone choir fans out from the note G to make a pulsating mass of eighty separate quarter-tones. The noise at the Guggenheim was extreme—an application on my iPhone recorded a maximum of a hundred decibels—but never gaudy; the piece has episodes of muted, Rothko-like beauty and ends with a ghostly, ancient-sounding chant. The trombonists stood in rows along the spiral; the composer Neely Bruce conducted expertly from the lower part of the ramp, and the audience gathered on the floor below. The golden sheen of the instruments contrasted with the creamy white of the walls and the blue of the skylight above. There were two performances, and I stayed for both, guessing that I would never hear, see, or feel anything like it again.


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Tubing wall thickness also matters. Industry standard is 16-gauge/0.65-inch-wall. For aluminized systems, Wallach recommends thicker 14-gauge tubing for greater strength and to allow more margin of error with welder settings.
Bends are available in a wide variety of radii and degrees. For tight bends, Wallach recommends using "donuts": complete mandrel-bent circles that can be sliced and diced as required.
Mufflers: Three criteria come into play here. Budget is one-stainless steel mufflers cost more but last longer; a polished finish jacks up the price even farther. Sound quality (clips are available on many manufacturers' Web sites) and available space are the other two concerns, and they're related. The rule of thumb is that shorter mufflers are louder. However, they offer greater mounting and routing flexibility. Glasspacks are enjoying a popularity resurgence, but their fiberglass packing retains moisture and rots faster than most "turbo"-style mufflers. Glasspacks also tend to hang lower and attract more rocks.


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After being let down by idiots claiming how amazing they are and being left needing something to sit on, I came across this concept of design and build your own sofa. Delivered within a couple of days, excellent communication, faultless courier (Pink), took about 1hr and a half to put together. Very comfortable and very happy with it. Especially the price.
Don't deliver when they say.
No phone number on their website.
No point.
NICE TO SEE THE FAKE 5* REVIEWS WRITTEN BY THEMSELVES - The only ones that are confirmed by XDP and the only review ever written by that person. Pathetic.
Update: ref was ZWASSR072441 and its apparently still sat in your warehouse even though it should have already been delivered. As a result of your failure to deliver or communicate the order has already been cancelled and refund is being processed so you can send it back and explain to them why you are losing them customers.
Ordered a sofa last Friday after they claim Next Day Delivery. Stay in all Tuesday, the booked and agreed delivery date. No contact to say its not coming. I phone them at 4.30pm and they say its not coming. They couldn't be bothered to get in touch.
Very poor service. First and last ever order from a third rate outfit.
Conversation went:
Me: "So why has nobody bothered to let me know its not coming today?"
Them: "I'm can only say I'm sorry"
Me: "So when IS it being delivered?"
Them: "Just keep checking the tracking information every day…"
Me: "Just a minute… every DAY? You mean you've no idea when it's coming at all even though your website states in stock and available for next day delivery, and you claim to provide amazing next day service. Are you expecting me to take the next few weeks off work hoping that it might finally arrive one DAY?"
Them: "No the courier will phone or text you"
Me: "Well clearly they haven't bothered to today when it was supposed to arrive. Can you give me the telephone number for XDP as there is none on their website?"
Them: "No we don't have one."
Me: "Just cancel the order then."
They seem to fail to understand that self-employed people cannot afford to stay at home all day for something not to arrive as they are not able to be out earning.
Back in November ordered a sofa from these clowns. Website states delivery 4-6 weeks, in-stock, direct from manufacturer.
Telephoned them the day before delivery to confirm all was well and would go ahead as we were going to get rid of old sofa. Apparently manufacturer would call us with eta.
Delivery day comes and no sofa. Telephoned Studio who say they cannot give us the telephone number for the manufacturer because they don't know who the manufacturer is, but the manufacturer will telephone us as soon as its ready to deliver. Yes you read that correctly - we will be phoned by the manufacturer but they don't know who the manufacturer is !!! So who have you passed our details to? They don't know.
There you have it in a nutshell - STUDIO DONT KNOW WHO THEY BUY FROM SO THEY HAVE YOU WAITING IN FOR A DELIVERY BUT THEY DONT KNOW WHO IT IS DELIVERING IT OR WHEN ITS GOING TO COME.
So now we have nothing to sit on thanks to complete incompetence from a shocking cowboy outfit. Don't even waste your time peeps, you'll regret it!
I should have read the other reviews on here because clearly Studio is not the place to buy a sofa - they seem unable to deliver (pardon the pun). Perhaps they should concentrate on selling cards because home furnishings is not an area they are capable of dealing in. I have now cancelled the order rather than have any more poor service, lack of information, and general incompetence.
Update: I haven't responded to your reply because as stated I've cancelled the order because you are incompetent. Pretending to care by posting a reply after the horse had bolted is clearly pointless and highlighted by many other reviews.
Coyote6987 found this review useful
These idiots are the nasty people that get hold of your mobile number illegally and text you at all hours of the night and day pestering you about PPI, but DONT REPLY because firstly it will cost you each time you do, and once you reply (even STOP to try and stop it), they then know that your number works and they will continue to bombard you and sell on your number to other rogue illegal outfits
From the website it tells you that this guy has been in business for years on the high street, and has now started selling online. You can see from the way the online ordering goes, the email confirmation of processing and dispatch that this guy has survived on the high street by being professional, and has now embraced the internet to keep going and move with the times. And good luck to him, prices are excellent, delivery charges are cheaper than going into town, choice and selection is brilliant. Ordered yesterday, should have them tomorrow.
These are operating a fantastic money making scheme -- for them. The way they calculate interest is unlike any other reputable credit card, and will leave you paying a fortune. Their APR is high, the interest is calulated to leave you paying more interest than your payments unless you pay in full as soon as the bill comes.
This is not the card for anyone who doesn't clear in full, and let's face it - they advertise and aim at those that don't.
On their website it states I have a direct debit set up. When I asked for the bank details of this direct debit they said you don't have one set up. So if I hadn't queried this and thought, oh they'll take the payment and obviously that wouldn't actually happen, I'd get charged for failing to pay - and they'd blame me for thinking their website was accurate with them being a financial institution. Furthermore, if you try and make a debit card payment online it rejects every time, ring up and use the same card over the phone and it works. However, if you have tried twice to make payment online and it fails because of their system problems, they refuse to take payment over the phone THAT day and insist you have to call back another day! As they charge interest daily, by them refusing to take your payment because of THEIR system problems, you'll pay more interest as items are charged from the date they appear on your account, so if it takes you longer to get your money onto the account they are raking up even more interest and its not your fault their systems fail. As it clearly states on your statement: "Interest is charged on a daily basis so interest payments will increase the longer you take to pay, even before the monthly payment date". What an underhand devious money making scam!
Very amateur website that doesn't work and gives misleading information that only serves to make them more in charges and interest by cheating the customers.
If you'd avoid the likes of payday lenders like the plague, you'll be well advised to avoid these fagans.
When you ask for a quote you'll get offers by text and what looks like a mobile number to ring. They don't warn you in the text that the call is not part of your free mobile minutes but actually a premium rate mobile number that will cost you a fortune while you're sat on hold or going through the menus. There is absolutely no warning on the text about the charges of ringing this number which begins "07034" and looks like an ordinary mobile.
If you go on [external reference] com you are given genuine mobile numbers so its easy to think this is the same. It's not!
Don't get stung by the website claiming "Receive no-obligation trade quotes on cheap car parts within minutes via email, text or telephone absolutely FREE" because as soon as you reply their premium phone line cash registers are ringing up the profits!
If you look them up on Companies House, you'll see that they change registered address several times from Warwickshire to Essex to London, The directors and secretaries are appointed then resign the next day. Make of it what you will but to me I can't really give them the benefit of the doubt that there isn't something sinister here.
You'll be seeing them on Watchdog soon!
Nigel Wolstenholm found this review useful
Had a telemarketing cold call from 01903703400. No idea who it was, did a quick google and discovered it was these people. I'm on the TPS register to stop marketing calls and also ex-directory! Further searches revealed this is the same company as YourCalls.net - a shoddy set of scammers also run by the industry named "scumbag" owen bloodworth.
Do yourself a favour and keep away - they've changed their name but you know what they say about leopards!
Just had some goods sent to me by this company, smashed beyond use, clearly intentional.
Couriers like this company deserve to go bust. Sadly they continue to operate as management clearly don't care about the massive negative attitude of their staff, the loathing they have of customers, the immense negative image this company has.
I now ASK online retailers which company they use. If its Herpes, I ask them to use another courier and if they won't then I tell them I will buy elsewhere because of the courier they have chosen. If others act the same way either they will lose business and be forced to improve or go under.
Andrew J. Shepherdand Jo V Wilson found this review useful
This review is not about buying from these people, but from working for them.
Your day will start at 6am and end around 5pm, yet you will only get paid for 7.5 hours. The drivers lose about £400 a month in unpaid work. There is no recognised union and so if you complain you will be summarily dismissed.
Simply - there is too much to do within the timeframe allowed. The area covered is around 100 miles. On a motorway that would take a car about an hour and a half. You're already now down to six hours paid working time if you could manage that speed! Subtract a further two hours at the depot for sorting and scanning the stock, loading the van, printing out the paperwork and completing van checks and daily/weekly/monthly company sheets and you've only four actual hours to deliver or collect at around 50 locations, thats if you can average driving speeds of 70mph of course (which you can't because of the vehicle limiter @ 56mph). The products are "desktop delivery" which means boxes of paper etc have to be taken to the floor level and actual desk/cupboard where the customer wants the product. Which is ok but it takes considerably more time, this isn' t just go to the front desk, "sign here" "there's your stuff" and gone in less than a minute. Especially when only a wonky-wheeled sack cart is provided so sometimes one person collecting over 40 boxes from an above ground level could be at a single drop for well over an hour. Factor in the 56mph vehicle limiter, the one way systems and 'pedestrian' and/or 'no loading after 10am' zones in city centres, or single drops that are nowhere near any other drop that take another hour just for one packet (that cannot possibly be cost effective and would be cheaper to post) and with an average of 50 drops per day it soon becomes a mammoth task to complete all drops within an effective 4 hours paid delivery window.
The final pettiness of this company though has to be when you take the van to the fuel station. You are given two cards, a BP card to pay for the fuel and a Nectar card - yes THEY get the points and you have to record the number of Nectar points on your manifest. They don't even let you have any little perks!
So, in an ethical and moral climate, do you really want to do business with people who exploit the front line workers?
Was about to order a Mac Mini from here. Now I won't because they clearly an non-UK based and absolutely awful to deal with.
Also I note the positive reviews are by reviewers with only 1 review to their name. Always makes me think their own staff write those reviews!
Just paid an extra £30 and bought it from [External link removed]. It's worth paying a bit more sometimes to go with tried and trusted and have peace of mind rather than use some scammers.
Richard Climberand Alex Huber found this review useful
Have been with them about 9 months or so, for broadband and line rental, as they were offering a competitive deal. Thats the positives dealt with.
The negatives - poor line speeds, regular disconnection, downloads so slow it takes over 5 minutes to load a web page (ironically their website support pages at the time!), low monthly restriction (allowance they call it - which is both upload and download added together) which soon gets used up having to press refresh on your browser all the time. Feels like I spend more time trying to get it working than using it. Found their support useless too, just standard responses and they hide their contact email address so you have to go round in circles through the FAQ section which is never relevant to the problem that's happening, which meanwhile uses up more of your monthly restriction, oops allowance.
It's crap, but it's cheap. So you pays your money....
If you want good reliable broadband, pay a bit more and go elsewhere. If you hardly use the internet and just want it for loading very basic webpages with no flash/media content on it then maybe its the one for you. For me, frustratingly slow, poor service so ultimately poor value.
After telling them that their broadband is throttled so much and ridiculously slow, and taking up to 7 minutes just to load their own website pages, their answer is that I have to go out and buy another router from the one they supplied OR pay for an engineer to visit. This is their award winning service? What award is this then? "Biggest cowboy outfit ISP award"? Time to refer them to the regulator as every other poor reviewer on here seems to have to do...
John-Paul Jarvis found this review useful
Have used these for years, the service is absolutely spot on. Very good choice for cigar and pipe tobacco, and very keen prices. Delivery charges are very reasonable too compared to other sites. Usually get orders next day, though its down to postal service if first class gets to you next day or day after.
Credit card - was offered 0% interest rate on balance transfers for a year and also 0% on purchases through to June 2012. Haven't paid them any interest so far!
Excellent deal to switch, found them very helpful and friendly on the phone - UK call centres too so at least you can understand them, and you get through quickly too.
Online banking is straightforward.
Worth checking out their deals if you're looking to switch
Have used TCB and Quidco. Quidco charge you an annual fee whereas TCB pay you the full cashback and increase it the more you use them. So usually TCB are better than Quidco.
When it comes to failed cashback tracking, TCB seem better at getting you your cashback. They also will pay out when you want it, not on a fixed payout date.
Haven't come across a better cashback site yet. Though still have to wait months to get paid out. The industry itself is fraught with loopholes and failures (see this article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/blog/2011/nov/03/cashback-sites-consumer-rights-minefield ) but TCB seem to be the leader.
Had a few instances where the purchases have tracked then the retailer refuses to honour the deal.
I have had to involve Trading Standards on one occasion.
For those who haven't joined up, you might read this article first: http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/blog/2011/nov/03/cashback-sites-consumer-rights-minefield
It does offer some good advice and raises the question - who is making the offer - the retailer or the cashback site?. When it works its good, when it goes wrong both blame each other and leave you to it. Once you involve Trading Standards then you may get some redress. But it all takes time... and the effort might not be worth the amounts involved, and you're left feeling cheated. It's an area where retailers benefit whether or not you get paid cashback, so for them it's a win-win situation. Those that do rip off customers offering cashback then refusing to pay up need to be taken to task.
David Phillips found this review useful
Found them to be far cheaper than the likes of comet, currys, john lewis. Goods arrived within the 90 minute promised time slot. Item was damaged, offered 20% discount to keep it or replacement could be sent the following day. Delivery guys were friendly and helpful, they called in on their phone to report damaged item. Unwrapped it and took away all packaging without fuss. Shame about dent, but these things happen and they did make a generous offer or prompt replacement so that plus the excellent prices means it has to be 5 stars!
Bosch "blue" power tools are for the trade. Similar in design to some of the green DIY tools, but inside are better components for daily use rather than occasional. Hard wearing. Its good gear right enough, but when things do break down they really excel. The blue stuff has a year guarantee that if you register your product within 4 weeks of purchase, they upgrade free to 3 years. If anything fails, they send a courier out to wherever you're working, collect the faulty item and repair/replace and return it to you within a few days. All under warranty. Now that is service!
Found some excellent prices on here, cheaper than anywhere else inc VAT & Del.
Some good deals on their website, delivery next day with text giving 1hr delivery time slot. Goods arrived as promised within the hour timeslot. Impressive.
Haven't had any problems with them, and it's when things go wrong we judge a company. I'll keep using them and give a well deserved 4 stars. If they continue to be spot on then I'll happily go to 5.
Haven't had any trouble with transtools over several orders. Stuff takes a few days to arrive, not a next day outfit so if you do want it quick maybe look elsewhere. But the prices and range I think are good. Latest order was sent in two parcels, one parcel went astray but that was Citylink's fault and arrived the next day [website showed 2 parcels but they only delivered 1]. When I emailed transtools, they responded quickly.
You only know how good a company is when things go wrong. Haven't had cause to fault transtools yet so until then I'm happy to keep using them.
The prices are OK, and sometimes you can land on a good deal.
Had a problem recently but the MD called me personally to discuss it after leaving a review of my experience on here. Think that took some balls to make that call rather than pay lip service or ignore it. The problem stemmed from the courier making a hash of it, then was compounded by overwhelmed business and temporary under-staffing. Have withdrawn my original review rather than update, I think if someone can hold their hands up when it goes wrong, they deserve a second chance.
When you browse from an O2 mobile, we add the user's mobile number to this technical information.One business owner who checked his servers' logs told the BBC that he had discovered that they contained hundreds of mobile phone numbers and said that he was concerned that advertisers could make use of the information. "They could now know not just your phone number, but all the websites that you visit, and so target you."
One Twitter user wrote: "Woah - @O2 users' mobile numbers are being beamed to every website - and ad server - they access? That's... not good."
O2 said it "would like to apologise for the concern we have caused".
There is no evidence that other networks had experienced similar problems.
Staffed by ex-Asda muppets that have no idea about the products they sell or trades they claim to serve.
They claim to be trade sellers but their prices are definitely not. You'll get a better deal at your local merchant. This is after all a B&Q outfit.
Don't expect experience or good advice, they haven't a clue. AVOID.
What it doesn't tell you on the website is the stuff they sell and advertise in Sterling doesn't ship or come from UK stock. These are grey imports shipped in from France that arrive with a 2-pin plug! When contacted they posted me an adaptor that took over a week. The goods were then found to be faulty anyway (surprise, surprise) and I had to wait for over a week for a courier to take them back to Paris, wait for them to check the item, wait for them to then process it all before I got a refund. Then they didn't refund the full amount and tried to charge me for the return courier costs even though the item was faulty. Very slow to respond to emails.
I would advise anyone in the UK to avoid dealing with these foreigners. It's a slow tedious process, and the goods are not UK models. Also, because they are based outside of the UK you have no redress regarding faulty goods or Sales of Goods Act. You have been warned.
Added response to Pixmania comments:
Yes I did eventually get an adaptor but it came from france and took a week - a little adaptor in a shoe box by courier : very environmentally friendly.
And yes, you did collect the item BUT it took weeks to get a refund AND the refund was only in full after I had to chase up for the rest of it because you tried to charge me for P&P [A review on Jan 8th 2012 by Sarah shows you didn't refund her £9 P&P also for faulty items returned. Coincidence or just pure bloody underhand cheek?].
Basically it was about five or six weeks from start to finish over a faulty product which is NOT acceptable, especially as I had to send about a dozen emails to get it sorted. That is POOR service.
I notice you make no comment as to the fact that UK buyers are not covered by the Sales of Goods Act by purchasing from you. And you obviously would not wish to advertise the length it would take for any returns/repairs to be made with the time taken to get stuff to and from France, that is if it is serviceable or you are prepared to answer emails (which is slow from my own experience.) I stand by my original warning - UK users get a very slow and rough deal dealing with yourselves because of location/logistics and poor customer service and should stick to UK mainland retailers because as soon as anything goes wrong they are outside the protection of UK law and have to hope for the best. However things are changing which won't please Pixmaniac. Read this: http://www.out-law.com/en/topics/commercial/consumer-protection/the-new-consumer-rights-directive/
I have been with GreenEnergy for about five years now, purely from an ethical point of view. They are one of the few companies that actually supply 100% renewable energy, and not use the renewable electricity they sell as a 'green' tariff towards meeting their own Renewables Obligation like the 'big 6' do. They also offer shares in their company after you have been with them for three years. They are usually the last to increase prices and the first to reduce them, acting quicker to wholesale prices and therefore benefiting customers more quickly than the big companies.
When I moved home, I asked them to supply my new address too. They were the only company out of gas, electric, telephone, bank, mobile, broadband etc that I did not have to contact after moving because they had fouled up changing my address, failing to record meter readings etc etc that other companies did. They were impressive simply because they did the basics 100% right, which clearly was not possible by any other company. GreenEnergy are prompt to answer the telephone, speak English and not over the top of you. An English company that if you care about where your electricity comes from you should check them out.
However, their website lets them down. It's gone Windows 8 style - very confusing and hard to navigate. BIG mistake!
Very devious company to deal with. Wish I'd seen this review site sooner.
I contacted ofcom, they are aware of these people and as of January 2012 they are now required to contact people regarding rolling contracts. This doesn't help the poor sods they've ripped off already. Back in August 2007 they breached Ofcom's amended General Condition requiring calls to 03 numbers to be charged at 01/02 rates.
I've come across details about their CEO Owen Bloodworth and his foul reputation in the industry, nicknamed "scumbag". You can find this here: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=339168
Stuart Downs found this review useful
Highlighted by moneysavingexpert.co.uk for being cheap. And that's all they are. And everything that goes with it. Pakistani/Indian call centres with staff who have a lower IQ than the rating given here. They cannot set up direct debits properly, cannot bill properly, cannot speak properly. They will not answer your emails, though you will get a cut and pasted reply that doesn't answer your question. They will offer to call you back but never will. They are the most complained about communications company to the telecoms ombudsman. Previously called "Primus", they are a nightmare that will knock Buzby off his line!
Highlighted by moneysavingexpert.co.uk for being cheap. And that's all they are. And everything that goes with it. Pakistani/Indian call centres with staff who have a lower IQ than the rating given here. They cannot set up direct debits properly, cannot bill properly, cannot speak properly. They will not answer your emails, though you will get a cut and pasted reply that doesn't answer your question. They will offer to call you back but never will. They are the most complained about communications company to the telecoms ombudsman. Now called "New Call", they are a nightmare that will knock Buzby off his line!
Edward Byers, Val Morrison, lucyand Andy Adofo found this review useful
I ordered some business cards, they were free but had to pay a few quid postage. The cards were OK. Then...day after day after day endless emails offering stuff they could print - T-shirts, mugs, diaries, calendars, key rings and much more. I ordered the free stuff, one of each, to have a look at the quality. I still had to pay P&P, but got allsorts free by responding to different emails and getting it delivered as slow as possible to keep costs down. I've had many products to look at and I can say that if I'd paid for these things I'd be gutted. The mugs and key rings look like they were printed on a cheap inkjet, the T-shirts might just last a few washes, need I go on? I'd definitely order just one from the many freebies you will be offered, see what you think then order in bulk if you're happy. But personally I think it's expensive for the low quality.
Interesting to note that the majority of good reviews on here are from people who have only written 1 review. Call me cynical but makes me think they have a marketing team write their own...
Can't understand a word they mumble. They talk over you. Rude. Very rude. And now their internet banking requires you to carry with you a tacky kiddie calculator to gain access, made in china and works for a few minutes before dying, that's if it even turns on in the first place. Ask them to revert back to the non-secure key era as they have alienated so many customers with it and their answer is "since you have made a complaint regarding the secure key we will be de-activating your access to the service within 60 days". Well done the Listening Bank that was - now deaf! Glad to leave you.
Fabi Anna found this review useful
I've ordered online from Debenhams quite a lot recently, and the experience was very good considering it was Xmas and therefore couriers/stock levels/working days etc are all affected in some way. After receiving my goods I noticed they had been reduced somewhat considerably in the sale. When I called I was told the only thing they could do was to arrange to collect my existing order free of charge, refund me in full, and for me to start a new order at the reduced prices, which I did. Would have surely been cheaper to just have the difference credited to my card ? but the courier (Hermes) came when they said, and I saved 20%. When I called to query an item description they were helpful over the phone too. Big companies tend to be pretty crap when it comes to being polite and putting things right. Debenhams do a half decent job considering. I'd order with confidence - it may not go right first time, but they do seem to sort things out, and when they say they will.
As we all know O2 have gone from being a very good comms company to very aggressive and rude in the last 18 months. This has filtered through to companies they take over, such as BE Broadband. BE now take longer and longer to respond, and the call centre staff babble in their native tongue over the top of you. If things are working first time you should be ok though, and they are mid-range in price but there are much better deals out there from Orange, PlusNet etc. Their prices have increased a lot recently (about 40% = £5 extra a month!) BE are borderline average, they were better. And its easy to see why they're going downhill...choked by O2. Oh, and when you cancel you get an email confirming that "work is being carried out in your area" and your broadband suddenly goes off! Coincidence? When you're on the cancellation call they offer 2 months reduced price to stay - if you decline that they get nasty, spit their dummy out and start slagging off the competitor you're going to and saying the speeds wont be the same...blah..blah. Very professional!
Their website promised online documents so everything would be quick and easy. But the link they emailed me to retrieve them was down. In the end I cancelled the policy as I needed to tax etc and could not wait any longer. They charged me £70 for three days insurance against an annual policy of £358! Even though I was technically insured I could not drive the vehicle as I couldn't get the tax etc without the documents. They stood firm and refused to listen even though I sent evidence of their failed links etc etc. Clearly they want money off you and once they've got it your not a customer, just an interruption. Rude and nasty people, surprising as they are a subsidiary of Saga.
Their faulty goods lead to damage of other equipment. They refused to even communicate with me - even the directors ignored letters sent by recorded delivery. Had to involve Trading Standards, and they even tried lying to them. Absolutely the most underhand con artists in the computer trade.
Canice Clooney found this review useful
I found this company through Quidco offering 10% cashback, so overall they came out slightly cheaper than other retailers on a £300 order. Delivery took ages but eventually arrived. They then declined the cashback so now I have paid more overall for using a firm I had never heard of, tricked by their false discount offers.
I called their general enquiries and a director answered (huge firm then?) who refused to sort out the declined cashback or to even pricematch even though they claim to do so. She even slagged off the competitors website saying "their sites very shoddy, not something I would recommend". Well sleeping solutions is definitely not recommended. Trading Standards were contacted and the money has amazingly now been paid.
It turns out this is a small outfit run out of a little unit with no stock. Everything is drop shipped by the manufacturer which is why it takes so long to get to you. Fools playing at the big I am....
Rose Anderson found this review useful
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